혁신 어워즈

2023년 10월 26-27일 | 대한민국 수원

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아시아 태평양 주거포럼에서 가장 기다려온 구성 요소 중 하나인 혁신상은 개인, 조직 및 기관이 지역사회가 직면한 주거 문제를 해결하는 데 있어 창의성과 문제 해결의 한계를 넓힐 수 있도록 영감을 주고 권한을 부여하는 것을 목표로 합니다.

혁신에 중점을 둔 본 어워즈는 지역사회가 집이라고 부르는 장소를 개선하는 방식에 변화를 가져온 뛰어난 이니셔티브, 프로그램 및 솔루션을 대상으로 수여됩니다.

The Innovation Awards finalists are here!

Over 3,100 applications. Countless inspiring and impactful solutions.
6 finalists (plus honorable mentions)!

Here are the finalists for the 2023 Asia-Pacific Housing Forum Innovation Awards, and their outstanding initiatives, programs and solutions that are making a difference in the way communities improve the places they call home.

Finalists – Policy: Public Sector Housing Solutions

The Manila Housing Program

  • Philippines

The Manila Housing Program encompasses housing, disaster resilience, climate adaptation, and social integration, by emphasizing mixed-income communities with amenities, preventing poverty concentration, and ensuring sustainability. It engages residents as active partners, valuing their input, and making them co-creators in addressing their housing needs, ensuring that the solutions developed are genuinely responsive to their unique circumstances and aspirations.

Affordable Housing Program for Low Income Households with Non-Fixed Income City

  • Indonesia

Livable and affordable housing for low-income households is one of the priority programs of the “Program Sejuta Rumah” – One Million Houses, by the Indonesian Government. It provides housing finance assistance to low-income households especially for those in informal markets, through Mortgage Linked Down Payment Assistance, known as “BP2BT.” This initiative provides access and opportunities for informal low-income households for home ownership, self-construction and self-improvement. It mobilizes banking capital towards improved housing construction quality, reducing the burden of government subsidized housing finance.

Honorable mentions:

Making Housing Affordable for Low Income and Microfinance Sector

  • Pakistan

Building Permit Procedure Resource Book

  • Nepal

Finalists – Program: Civil Society Housing Impact

Priority Zones in Urban Poor Settlements of Phnom Penh

  • Philippines

The Housing & Living Conditions Improvement (HaLI) project seeks to improve the livelihoods of residents of urban-poor settlements in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Supported the Agence francaise de Développement (AFD) and Fondation Abbé Pierre (FAP), the project focuses on housing renovation & Infrastructure upgrading, community mobilization & empowerment, psycho-social support & counseling, economic empowerment, and research-action. It intervenes on different scales through an holistic approach in order to improve the living and housing conditions and advocate towards slum’s upgrading solutions rather than relocations or evictions.

Kampung Susun Akuarium (Vertical Kampung)

  • Indonesia

The program started in 2016, following the eviction of Kampung Akuarium settlement residents. Through advocacy, organizing and other tactics, its residents, together with the Rujak Center for Urban Studies, the Jakarta City Poor People’s Network and the Urban Poor Consortium succeeded in pushing for the redevelopment the settlement. The redevelopment, completed in April 2023, uses co-design principles with designs that suit the needs of residents and adopt the unique economic activities.

Honorable mentions:

Sustainable Enterprise Project (SEP): Promotion of environment friendly construction materials and technologies in coastal region of Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh

Building Houses Using Cost Effective Technologies for the Poor

  • India

Finalists – Sheltertech: Private Sector Technology

Bandhu

  • India

Bandhu is an AI-driven tech platform that connects India’s blue-collar workers to jobs and affordable housing. It securitizes workers’ rental housing cash flows to unlock rental deposit loans and home improvement loans for low-income tenants and landlords, ultimately making the rural-to-urban migration process more equitable for 300 million Indians.

WeavAir

  • Singapore

WeavAir provides a novel decision support platform that increases the resilience and affordability of housing, balancing environmental impact, social impact and investment financial return. By combining networks of sensors, satellite imagery and drone data capture systems as well as AI-powered software, the company supports real-time monitoring of the evolution of climate risks and ESG risks, reducing the cost and time required to make accurate housing development and resilience decisions by at least 10-fold. This allows for creating a digital twin of an asset and accurate assessment & prediction of the financial and ESG impact of housing development projects.

Honorable mentions:

What’s new

A special award on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), supported by EU
SWITCH-Asia, will recognize one of the award’s finalists that integrates sustainability considerations in
an exemplary way.

SCP emphasizes the provision of products and services and enabling of lifestyles
that minimize environmental impacts while maximizing social and economic benefits. These include
resource efficiency and building circularity, emissions reduction / energy solutions, and creating
climate resilient, sustainable cities.


어워즈 분류

모든 신청서는 다음 필수 카테고리 기준에 부합해야 합니다:

신청서는 다음 기준에 따라 평가됩니다:

  • 저렴한 주택에 대한 중요성 및 영향
    • 정책 이니셔티브가 저렴한 주택에 대한 중요한 요구를 해결하나요?
    • 저소득 가구의 주거 환경 개선에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있는 잠재력을 보여줍니까?
  • 혁신적인 특성
    • 정책이 저렴한 주택 문제를 해결하는 데 있어 혁신적인 접근 방식이나 전략을 보여줍니까?
    • 보다 효과적인 주택 솔루션에 기여할 수 있는 새로운 아이디어, 방법 또는 관행을 소개하나요?
  • 지속 가능한 개발 목표와 연계
    • 정책이 주택, 빈곤 감소, 지속 가능한 도시 및 커뮤니티와 관련된 관련 지속가능개발목표(SDG)에 부합하나요?
    • SDG에 명시된 목표를 달성하는 데 기여하나요?
  • 확장성 및 복제 가능성
    • 정책이 더 큰 규모로 구현할 수 있는 확장 가능성을 보여 주는가?
    • 이 정책이 유사한 주거 문제를 해결하기 위해 모델이 되거나 다른 지역이나 상황에서 복제될 수 있나요?

Who should apply

- 지방, 지역 및 국가 수준의 정부 기관

- 공공 부문 조직

- 정책 입안자 및 정책 입안자 협회

- 주택 관련 연구 기관

신청서는 다음 기준에 따라 평가됩니다:

  • 저렴한 주택에 대한 중요성 및 영향
    • 이 프로그램이 저렴한 주택 부문에서 중요한 과제나 필요를 해결하나요?
    • 저소득 가구의 주거 환경 개선에 측정 가능한 영향을 미쳤나요?
  • 혁신적인 특성
    • 이 프로그램이 저렴한 주택 문제를 해결하기 위한 혁신적인 접근 방식이나 전략을 선보이고 있나요?
    • 긍정적인 주거 결과에 기여하는 창의적이고 효과적인 방법을 소개하나요?
  • 지속 가능한 개발 목표와 연계
    • 프로그램이 주택, 빈곤 퇴치 또는 지속 가능한 지역사회와 관련된 지속 가능한 개발 목표(SDG)에 부합하나요?
    • SDG에 명시된 목표를 달성하는 데 적극적으로 기여하나요?
  • 확장성 및 복제 가능성
    • 프로그램이 더 많은 수혜자에게 도달할 수 있도록 확장할 수 있는 잠재력을 가지고 있나요?
    • 유사한 주거 문제를 해결하기 위해 프로그램의 모델이나 접근 방식을 다른 지역이나 상황에서 복제할 수 있나요?

Who should apply

- 시민 사회 단체

- 비영리 단체

- 커뮤니티 그룹 및 옹호 단체

- 커뮤니티 리더 및 풀뿌리 조직

신청서는 다음 기준에 따라 평가됩니다:

  • Significance of Challenge
    • 이니셔티브가 해결하고자 하는 과제가 중요하고, 잘 이해되고, 잘 전달되고 있나요?
    • 이니셔티브가 다른 관련 글로벌 및/또는 지역적 과제(예: 기후 변화, 건강 등)를 다루고 있나요?
  • Impact and Systemic Effectiveness
    • Has the initiative achieved, or does it have the potential to achieve relevant results or impacts regarding its objectives and/or goals?
    • Does it stand out for results that improve the well-being of low-income households?
    • Does the initiative seek to address systemic barriers to housing?
  • Innovation and Product
    • Does the initiative offer elements of novelty (despite potentially building off previous work)?
    • Does the initiative bring elements of innovation that makes it stand out among other existing solutions or alternatives?
  • Market Potential
    • Is the solution proposed interesting for customers in the housing sector? Does it have the potential to receive further financing from investors?
    • Is the innovation proposed resilient enough to navigate value chain and market risks?
  • Sustainability and Scalability Potential
    • Does the initiative include elements in its concept and/or management that contribute to creating and maintaining a long-term positive impact over time?
    • Does the initiative have the potential to be transferred and expanded to other geographies or realities, or expanded to multiple offerings with little modification?
    • 팀원들이 제안된 솔루션을 효과적으로 구현하는 데 필요한 기술과 역량을 갖추고 있나요?
    • 스타트업 팀이 기술을 확장하고 영향력을 확대할 수 있는 역량과 리소스를 갖추고 있나요?

Who should apply

- 쉘터테크 스타트업/스케일업

• Housing technology Entrepreneurs

• Corporations (including, but not limited to, builders, developers, real estate companies, financial institutions and banks)

• Public-private partnership initiatives

- 비영리 단체

- 학계 주도 혁신 및 기술 연구소/단체

Finalists are invited to provide further information to be considered for the Sustainable Consumption and Production Award:

  • Consideration of circularity and (climate change) resilience:
    • Does the project/policy/technology integrate circularity considerations, including sustainable building material and end of life material recovery as well as sustainable energy aspects (such as lighting, heating, cooling) and retrofitting for future requirements?
    • Does the project/policy/technology consider current and projected impacts of climate change?
  • Enabling of sustainable lifestyles:
    • Does the project/policy/technology integrate sustainable lifestyle considerations including awareness of how it relates to key sectors like transport/mobility, agri-food, circular products system?
    • Does the project/policy/technology integrate health and wellbeing considerations, including promotion of communities, public amenities and green spaces?

“What is SCP?”

SCP fosters circularity, resource efficiency, and green innovation, aligning consumption practices with the planet’s carrying capacity. As part of Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12), SCP plays a critical role in helping Asian economies decouple economic growth from environmental harm, promoting a more sustainable and inclusive development path. It directly addresses urgent environmental issues, such as climate change and pollution, across Asia.

“Why an SCP Award?”

The creation of a joint Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) award for housing projects by Habitat for Humanity supported by SWITCH-Asia underscores the critical role the housing sector plays for a more sustainable economy and society.

Housing has a significant environmental footprint, consuming vast quantities of resources during construction, operation, and maintenance phases, and producing substantial waste during renovation or demolition. Moreover, homes and buildings account for a significant proportion of global energy use and carbon emissions, making the sector central to addressing climate change.

A shift towards more sustainable housing practices is therefore essential for mitigating environmental impacts and achieving global sustainability targets including SDG 12. Simultaneously, housing plays a crucial role in ensuring social wellbeing.

The quality, location, and affordability of housing are intrinsically linked to a range of social outcomes, including health, education, and income. Sustainable housing, therefore, contributes to social sustainability by promoting equitable access to decent, safe, and affordable housing.

SCP criteria:

  1. Providing an innovative, scalable solution on sustainable housing to significantly impact the housing deficit and improve living conditions for low-income households
  2. Contribute to housing sustainability through innovative technology, policies or practices including resource efficiency and building circularity, emissions reduction / energy solutions, and creating climate resilient, sustainable cities
  3. Integrated into local networks and economies by addressing of local SMEs directly or through associations and financing programmes and / or improving supply chains (up- and downstream: construction, maintenance, waste) through voluntary standards and/or capacity building 

About SWITCH-Asia

SWITCH-Asia is a programme funded by the European Union (EU). Active since 2007, it seeks to promote Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Asia, focusing on enabling frameworks, policies and financing especially for Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and building capacity of SME stakeholders. Its Policy Support Component (PSC) is established to foster cooperation on SCP with regional organisations and governments.

결선 진출자(카테고리당 2명)

  • 결선 진출자는 2023년 10월 26일에 열리는 아시아 태평양 주택 포럼에서 실시간 청중과 심사위원단 앞에서 솔루션을 발표할 수 있도록 경비 전액을 지원하는 한국 수원 여행에 초대됩니다.
  • 결선 진출자는 프레젠테이션 코칭을 받게 되며, 그들의 혁신이 결선 진출자 동영상에 소개됩니다.
  • 결선 진출자는 아시아 태평양 주거포럼에서 주요 주거 부문 의사 결정권자, 전문가 및 실무자들과 교류하고 연결될 수 있는 기회를 갖게 됩니다.
  • 결선 진출자는 아시아 태평양 주거포럼 커뮤니케이션 채널(소셜 미디어, 뉴스레터)을 통해 소개됩니다.

수상자(카테고리당 1명) - 카테고리 수상자에게는 위의 혜택에 추가하여 다음과 같은 혜택이 제공됩니다:

  • 미화 6,000달러의 상금을 받으세요.
  • 수상작은 해비타트 아시아태평양의 웹사이트, 뉴스레터, 페이스북, 인스타그램, 트위터 등 소셜 미디어 채널에 소개됩니다.
  • 수상자의 작품을 소개하는 특집 동영상(수상자가 제출한 이미지와 영상에 시상식 현장에서 촬영한 인터뷰가 더해짐)은 AP 주거포럼 웹사이트와 해비타트 아시아 태평양 웹사이트에 게재될 예정입니다.

Among the finalists, the most innovative, scalable solution on sustainable housing will be awarded the Sustainable Consumption and Production Award:

  • The winner will receive targeted communication support by EU SWITCH-Asia.
  • The winner will be promoted by EU SWITCH-Asia and Habitat for Humanity in Asia-Pacific across various online communication channels.
  • The winner will also be featured at a high-level EU / networking event in Asia or Europe, where they will be invited as a (in person or virtual) participant or contributor.
  • 모든 지원서는 Evalato 플랫폼에서 영어로 작성해야 하며 모든 양식을 완전히 작성해야 합니다.
  • 이전 혁신상 수상자는 새롭고 다양한 기술, 프로그램 또는 정책으로 지원할 수 있습니다.
  • 이전 혁신상 결선 진출자들도 여전히 지원할 수 있지만, 신청서에는 작년에 지원했던 신청서(기술/프로그램 또는 정책)와 비교하여 어떻게 개선되고 발전되었는지를 명시하고 소개해야 합니다.

중요한 날짜

Applications are open until August 20, 2023

Finalists to be announced on September 11, 2023

이노베이션 어워드는 2023년 10월 26일과 27일에 개최됩니다.